in the wrong era. Soundly refuting
liberals online since 2000. :)
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Audacity of Truth
Move Along:
""The whole issue of this - of talking points, frankly, throughout this process has been a sideshow. The whole thing defies logic. And the fact that this keeps on getting churned out, frankly, has a lot to do with political motivations."
Pres. Obama on GOP demands for Benghazi answers, 5/13/2013
God bless you, young man
The adorable young gentleman you see to the right is 1 year-old Alex Montgomery. Alex’s father, US Marine Lance Corporal Brian Montgomery, was killed August 1st while serving honorably in Iraq.
It is photos like these that break my heart. I know that this young man will grow up without his father. He’ll get to know him through stories told by his mother and other family members and friends, who no doubt will shower little Alex with discussions about their time spent with his father. Alex: your father was a hero.
To the families of our men and women serving overseas, I’d like to offer the sincerest thank you I possibly can, from the bottom of my heart. Obviously, the lions share of the burden of this war is shouldered by our soldiers, but the families aren’t far behind in that. From the moment their loved one(s) enlist, to the endless worrying day and night when they are sent overseas to fight for our country, the worry is always there. They are the ones who pray they don’t get that midnight phone call, or afternoon knock at the door.
I know my thank you isn’t much, and it certainly can’t bring Alex’s father back, but it’s one of many thank yous out there that millions in this country express in many ways in appreciation and respect for the service of your loved one(s). I’m sitting here today typing this because of honorable soldiers past and present who have fought for, and in some cases made the ultimate sacrifices, for me and my fellow citizens to have this freedom. Former Senator Zell Miller (D-GA) said it best here:
Never in the history of the world has any soldier sacrificed more for the freedom and liberty of total strangers than the American soldier. And, our soldiers don’t just give freedom abroad, they preserve it for us here at home.
For it has been said so truthfully that it is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us the freedom of the press. It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech.
It is the soldier, not the agitator, who has given us the freedom to protest.
It is the soldier who salutes the flag, serves beneath the flag, whose coffin is draped by the flag, who gives that protester the freedom to abuse and burn that flag.
Your sons and daughters, fathers and mothers, sisters and brothers are not occupiers – they are liberators. The ultimate sacrifices made are not in vain. Your loved ones will rightly be viewed as heroes forever. Again, thank you and God bless.
I urge anyone wanting to express their show of support (via written means or care packages, etc) to please click here. Most important of all: pray. Our troops need our support now – and always. Because freedom isn’t free.
(Linking up with Mudville Gazette’s open post and the OTB Traffic Jam)
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I’ll tell you what steams my rice. We send America’s finest young men and women halfway around the world to defend their country. Thousands have been killed and tens of thousands have been maimed. When a few Iraqis get killed under questionable circumstances, George Bush and Don Rumsfeld have these young enlisted “perpetrators” thrown in jail, and start talking about “appropriate punishment”.
I don’t know exactly where the responsibility for whatever “atrocities” that occur during this war lies, but I know where it doesn’t lie, and that’s on the shoulders of the enlisted men and women at the very bottom of the military ranks.
The best example so far, is the Abu Gharib prison abuses of Iraqi detainees. All of those punished were low level enlisted personnel. The only ranking officer punished was a female General officer, who was effectively locked out of her own command while these activities were taking place and was the whistle blower that started the whole investigation.
Low level enlisted people are trained to follow orders. If they’re doing bad stuff, it’s because someone in authority gave them orders, whether actual or implied. As a military enlisted veteran, I can vouch for the fact that all military activities are decided by at least mid field grade level or higher ranking individuals. If we’re going to punish people, let’s punish the right people. The dog faced boys in the ditches already have enough people trying to hurt them.